30th August 2007
Kilburn 5 Mile (R)
Conditions: Warm, Overcast
Run Type: Recovery
Notes: Having completed eight miles at marathon pace yesterday I opted for a five mile recovery run today. I was also having a massage afterwards so I did not want to push myself too much.
I decided to do the Kilburn five mile, but in reverse. I set out towards Kilburn and did some light stretching at the usual one mile marker. As always though, what I felt was a really slow pace was actually my marathon pace. It did however feel really comfortable so I kept at the same pace throughout the entire run.
I don’t really remember many emotions or significant moments from this run, which means that it was simply a solid run with no major highs or lows. There was one long hill on this course which I slowed off slightly for but I made up the time once at the top of the hill. I pushed it again once at the top of the hill and I feel that my fitness is now at a stage where I do not suffer at the top of a challenging hill. I now have the ability to push harder once at the top of the hill.
In closing the one major thing I learned today was that If you slow off a little for the hill and drop under your goal time pace, you will have enough energy to push on once at the top of the hill. When I used to push it up the hill I would be that tired at the top that my ultimate time would suffer heavily. So although a short run, it was valuable none the less!
Run time: 45:08
Pace: 9:02 / mile
Days to New York Marathon: 65
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New York City
"Running 26 miles around this place.....I can think of nothing better"
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The Five Boroughs
"There's more to this place than Manhattan"
Staten Island
"Only the first half mile is spent on Staten Island as you immediately leave across the Varrazano-Narrows bridge into Brooklyn"
Brooklyn
"Almost half the race is spent in Brooklyn, where many different neighbourhoods and cultural changes are passed through"
Queens
"The race enters Queens at exactly the half way point by crossing the Pulalski Bridge, over Newton creek, where you get your first amazing view of the City. The next 3 miles are spent here until crossing the challenging Queensboro Bridge over the East river."
Manhattan
"The first of two visits into Manhattan comes at mile 16 as you leave the Queensboro Bridge. Greeted by thousands of screaming spectators makes this one of the most memorable moments of the race, before the 4 mile stretch up First Avenue towards the Bronx"
Bronx
"At mile 20 you cross the Willis Avenue Bridge into the Bronx where little over a mile is run before returning to Manhattan across the Madison Avenue Bridge, where you see the Yankee Stadium, which has to be the highlight of the short trip across the Harlem river"
Manhattan 2
"As you arrive back in Manhattan the course proceeds down Fifth Avenue for 3 miles before entering Central Park for the final push and that moment that will last forever."
Varrazano-Narrows (Staten Island-Brooklyn)
Pulalski Bridge (Brooklyn-Queens)
Queensboro Bridge (Queens-Manhattan)
Willis Avenue Bridge (Manhattan-Bronx)
Madison Avenue Bridge (Bronx-Manhattan)
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